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CENTURION, South Africa, CMC – Highly-touted West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine produced the best match figures of three for 21 off four overs but his effort could not prevent Delhi Daredevils from beating Kolkata Knight Riders by 52 runs in the Champions League Twenty20 tournament here yesterday.

MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – The owners of the cash-strapped Deccan Chargers have sold the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise to a real estate company for an undisclosed sum.

Nineteen-year old Devin Barrington completed an emphatic come-from-behind victory to stun seasoned long distance campaigner Cleveland Thomas and win the Open category of the Inaugural Super Mile yesterday morning at the National Park.

Thirteen-year-old Christ Church Secondary School student Avon Samuel is definitely an athlete for the national fraternity and possibly any recruit to monitor as she continues to demonstrate her virtuoso skill on the track.

NEW YORK,  CMC – Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz placed in jeopardy their chances of reaching the final round of the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying campaign, when they conceded a late goal to slip to defeat against Guatemala on Friday night.

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sports Club along with the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) will today stage a Day of Cricket Champions at the Albion Community Centre Ground.

The 10th edition of Guyana’s most anticipated long distance event, the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) South American 10km Classic Road will begin this month with the first stage to be held in Guyana on October 21.

NSC five stage road race – As Guyanese occupy four of top six places in third stage By Emmerson Campbell After being dominated in the first two stages on Thursday of the on going sixth annual five-stage road race by the Miami, Florida-based riders, Team Coco, a national cyclist wearing Guyana’s colours finally crossed the finish line in the first position.

By Emmerson Campbell The Thirst Park Ground will come alive tonight when Hurry Up Boxing Promotions in collaboration with the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) stages a five-fight boxing card which will see two WBC CABOFE champions, the reigning featherweight champion and a former European champion.

By Emmerson Campbell “I under stand that Stoby’s next outing will be the Pan Am Games and we at the ministry will give him full sponsorship.”

Champions of the 2011 Inter Services Athletics Championships (ISAC) the Guyana Defence Force are winding down the preparations as they hope to successfully defend their title in this year’s edition of the event which is less than two weeks away.

The University of Guyana (UG) will be staging its annual track and field championships next week and for the first time in recent years, the event will be staged over a two-day period according to sports coordinator Lavern Fraser-Thomas.

— CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General Applewhaite Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Lolita Applewhaite says sport must be one of the critical tools used to boost economic activity in the region.

By Neil Barry Jr., The Georgetown Cricket Assoc-iation’s (GCA) Queensway  Cup limited overs competition gets underway today with three matches.

-says Paul Slowe By Yonalla Dalrymple and Iva Wharton If Vice President of the Guyana National Rifle Shooting Association (GNRA) Paul Slowe is to be believed then Guyana‘s rifle shooters can run out short range shooting champions when the team event of the West Indies Full-bore Shooting Championships take place this weekend at the Timehri Rifle ranges.

Former Sportswoman-of-the-Year Alisha Fortune is elated with the buzz that has been surrounding the Alisha Fortune and Caroline Forde One Mile race which is expected to be held this morning at 06:30hrs in the National Park.

ST.GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC- Football’s world governing body (FIFA) has agreed to give the Grenada Football Association (GFA) a grant of US half a million dollars to build new head quarters in St.

Guyana and Jamaica are on collision course as the Team matches of the West Indies fullbore shooting championships take place today and tomorrow at the Timehri rifle ranges.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC- The acting president of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (T&TFF), Lennox Watson, has rejected calls by the country’s sports minister Anil Roberts for the T&TFF to hold fresh general elections.

STANLEY, Falkland Islands, CMC- A Cricket team from the Falkland Islands is due to play six matches in three Caribbean islands during a two week tour which begins next month.